Yes i do have a free four pin molex connecter, but can i get something better then that and how do you know it uses less then 250 watts and will work. Iam just a little paranoid because i cannot get my money back once i order.

Whats a low profile card, and are you sure it would work because i dont want to waste money.

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Low profile cards are meant to fit into small desktop or home theater PC's. You don't really need one, but you can install one in your PC and it won't hurt a thing.

But before you consider buying anything, we need to know what you mean by you "can't even start my pc." Does it do anything at all? Do any lights come on or flash? Does it make any beeps? If it does absolutely nothing, then you probably have bigger problems than just a video card.

Lol i meant that i never turned it on with out the graphic card so i am guesing there would be no picture, right? and the problem with my graphic card was that it was showing pink and green lines accross the screen and it wasnt my monitor

Well my old gpu that went was a ati radeon 9700 pro. I dont know my mother board and i cant even start up my computer. But i think its 8 x.

Thank you for the reply

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QUESTION 1
How do you know that the GPU "went"? Please say a little more. You might be spending money fixing the wrong thing. A sh1tty PSU or aging voltage regulators or failed caps could bring down a Northbridge or GPU, while the card itself is OK. Did you test the 9700 elsewhere? It is worth checking.

PS. The 9700 is a great card, and since the drivers are already installed, why not just get a replacement on ebay? Cheap.

QUESTION 2
What do you use your PC for? And your GPU? 2D desktop or 3D games. And what kind of monitor do you have? There may be better solutions than getting a new AGP onto your old RDRAM based P4.

Ok here are the specs, gateway e-6000 512 mb of ram, the old one i would like to upgrade that in the future, intel p4 2.66 ghz i believe, my motherboard its INTEL D85OEMV2 CHIPSET i850e. It had the 9700. Its defintally the video card i called ati and they said its a bad memory chip, it went bad. I ended up ordering the hd 2400 agp by powercolor. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131149
I will let you know if it works. It does require 300 watts but i called ati and they said that it should work. And the gpu should use no more than xx watts.

"pink and green lines across the screen" (is that vertical or horizontal?). Vertical stripes, going top to bottom, and unbroken, and repeated evenly every few cm is a sign of bad memory on the GPU. Horizontal stripes are usually a TFT problem. Irregular vertical stripes are usually TFT. A "pattern" like a repeated artifact shifted and copied all over the screen is definitely GPU.

So I hope your new HD2400 solves the problem!

If, as you say, "pink and green lines across the screen" = horizontal stripes then I think your TFT is the issue.

I tested the monitor with my laptop though and it seem to give a crystal clear picture, you getting me worried that its the monitor now.
BTW my I ask you why you name is lemonadesoda, its kind of funny lol,